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In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Before the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of Elizabeth’s life. 142 Royal Navy sailors then used ropes to pull the carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin into Westminster Abbey before pallbearers carried it inside the church, where around 2,000 people, from world leaders to health workers , gathered to mourn her....

Unzählige Wienerinnen und Wiener haben in den vergangenen Tagen Post von der Stadt Wien erhalten. Aber der Inhalt des Briefes war alles andere als angenehm. Wie der „Kurier“ berichtet, sollen die Betroffenen darüber informiert worden sein, dass die Mieten in ihren kommunalen Gebäuden deutlich steigen. Ab Oktober steigen diese um mindestens 100 und im Extremfall sogar um 300 Euro – für viele ein unerschwinglicher Betrag. Als Grund für die plötzliche Mietpreisexplosion wird das Ende der Wohnbauförderung angegeben....

The call came in Wednesday afternoon about several men seen handling a firearm near Wanless and Brisdale Drives, police said. Uniformed officers and members of the tactical and K9 units responded to the area and subsequently took three men into custody. Police said two loaded firearms were also seized. Police later learned the three suspects are part of a group they say was involved in the robbery of eight separate pharmacies in the area that occurred between September 2 and 19....

According to JD Power’s annual customer satisfaction survey, Canada’s busiest airport ranks 16th out of 20 major airports, with a score of 755 out of 1,000. The rating is determined by a study of six factors—terminal facilities, airport arrival and departure, baggage claim, security screening, baggage screening, and food, beverage and retail space. “Their biggest problem this year was just the sheer volume of passengers,” Michael Taylor, managing director of travel, hospitality and retail at JD Power, told CTV News Toronto of Pearson Airport....

Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says the Republican raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. The deposition gave Carol’s lawyers a chance to question Trump about the assault allegations, as well as statements he made in 2019 when he first publicly told her story. Details of how the filing went were not immediately released....

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a rencontré des diplomates étrangers et des responsables de l’industrie de l’armement au cours de la journée, ce qui signifie qu’il maintiendra le cap. Les commentateurs russes ont évoqué le spectre d’une guerre nucléaire si la Russie annexe ces territoires et si le Kremlin considère alors que la guerre est sur son sol. Les forces séparatistes des régions de Lougansk et de Donetsk ont ​​annoncé ces votes, ainsi que celles de Kherson et de Zaporijia (sud)....

Crowds took to the streets of the Russian capital after the Kremlin announced that 300,000 reservists would be called up to continue its invasion of Ukraine. Protesters chanted “No to war” in defiance as some were pinned to the ground or dragged away after being arrested by armed police. Ukraine war live: President Biden condemns ‘reckless’ threat of nuclear war At least 300 people in Moscow were among 1,371 arrested in 38 cities across the country on Wednesday night....

The Institute for the Study of War, citing a Russian claim, said Ukraine was using Russian T-72 tanks as it tries to push into the Russian-held region of Luhansk. “The initial panic of the counterattack led Russian troops to abandon higher-quality equipment in working order, rather than the more damaged equipment left behind by Russian forces retreating from Kyiv in April, further indicating the severity of the Russian debacle,” it said....

The Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans on Tuesday to begin voting this week to become integral parts of Russia. Coordinated and accelerated Kremlin-backed efforts to gobble up four regions could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the war following Ukraine’s successes on the battlefield. Referendums scheduled to begin on Friday in the regions of Luhansk, Kherson and the partially Russian-controlled regions of Zaporizhia and Donetsk came after a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said the votes were needed and as Moscow loses ground in the invasion it launched almost seven months ago....

Former company boss Seva Koshel has spoken about the move from Moscow, which saw some Russian men scrambling to leave the country, on the latest edition of Sky News’ Ukraine War Diaries podcast. “Putin has declared that they will mobilize around 300,000 people,” he says. Click to subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts “And I would say in Ukraine we are not worrying about that… but we are pretty satisfied because that means that our armed forces of Ukraine just kicked [the backside] of the Russian army....

Ukrainian national guard soldiers carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation, seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered. on the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Russian missile exploded in a crater near a nuclear plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors....

Des mots qui feront sans doute réagir. Après avoir précisé qu’il ne fallait pas minimiser les faits reprochés à Adrien Quatennens, Manuel Bompard, député LFI des Bouches-du-Rhône, a partagé un argument inattendu pour défendre son collègue dans les sièges de l’Assemblée nationale. “J’essaie de donner un sens aux choses. Une gifle n’est jamais acceptable, mais une gifle n’équivaut pas à un homme qui bat sa femme tous les jours. Et une gifle n’est pas égale à un homme accusé de viol après avoir drogué les personnes qui l’accusent”, a-t-il déclaré vendredi à CNEWS....

BUSAN, South Korea, Sept 23 (Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in nearly four years to join South Korean ships in a military show of force aimed at sending a message to the North Korea. the officials said. The USS Ronald Reagan and ships from its accompanying strike force docked at a naval base in the southern port city of Busan....

Minyaylo, 37, is perhaps best known in Russia for his efforts to get non-Kremlin candidates on the ballot for Moscow’s 2019 municipal elections. In the protests that followed, he was charged with inciting riots and spent almost three months in prison. “The vertical of power is shaking,” Mignyello told CBC News via video interview from his home in Moscow, where he has remained since Putin’s February 25 invasion of Ukraine, with all the dangers that entails....

In a speech to his nation that NATO also criticized for “dangerous and reckless nuclear rhetoric”, the Russian president announced a “partial mobilization” ahead of votes in four occupied regions of Ukraine to join Russia. Moscow did not give an official figure for the newly mobilized troops, but they are estimated to significantly boost the number of Russian forces on the ground in Ukraine, which Western officials have previously estimated at between 150,000 and 190,000....

The video, released a year after the September 19, 2021 incident, was captured by a US Navy T-45C Goshawk as an instructor and student approached a runway during routine training. Suddenly, a large bird appears in view and strikes the aircraft. As alarms sound in the background, someone in the cockpit can be heard saying “emergency, we’re trying to get to the runway” before the plane plunges and states, “we’re not going to make it, I’m going to eject....

Es sei nicht undemokratisch, gegen eine Abstimmung zu protestieren, sagte Funiciello der Menge. Im Gegenteil, es ist undemokratisch, dass die seit 40 Jahren in der Verfassung verankerte Gleichberechtigung noch nicht umgesetzt ist. “Es ist eine Schande, was gestern entschieden wurde”, sagte Funiciello. Die Protestaktion in Bern sei “die erste Herausforderung an reiche, alte, weiße Männer”, die entschieden hätten, dass Frauen mehr arbeiten sollten. Schaltflächenergebnis “Frauen tragen diese Gesellschaft, unbezahlt”, sagte Funiciello....

Bei trockenem Wetter sei der 415. Oldenburger Kramermarkt am Freitag mit rund 110.000 Besuchern gut gestartet, teilte die Stadt mit. Auch am Samstag war der Andrang trotz heftiger Regenfälle groß. Am zweiten Tag des Volksfestes marschierten Musikkapellen und Sportvereine in Festwagen durch die Straßen. Der große Umzug ist der Höhepunkt des Kramermarktes. Etwa 100 Wagen und Fußgruppen wurden vom Staatstheater auf das Marktgelände in den Weser-Ems-Hallen verlegt. Zwei Jahre lang war der Kramermarkt in Oldenburg wegen des Coronavirus abgesagt worden....

It’s one of the biggest concerns of the moment — a central theme of the last provincial election and our current mayoral campaign. It appears on most candidate platforms and they report that it is the most reported issue at the door. Among the many areas of life that have become more expensive, the cost of housing worries many the most — for good reason. Home prices in Ottawa hit record highs during the pandemic and rents skyrocketed....

Why it matters: Administration officials are deeply troubled by Malpass’s failure to answer this week when asked whether climate change is caused by humans. His response provides ammunition to officials who want Biden to spend some political capital to try to oust him. But officials know replacing Malpas would be a messy process, and they aren’t sure how — or even if — the U.S. can orchestrate his ouster. Malpass was confirmed by the bank’s board, which the White House does not control....